How do I record a payment against an invoice?

Create a Receipt. Click + New, choose Receipt under *Get paid*, select the customer, and Trabalance lists their open invoices.

Enter the amount received and choose the account the money landed in. If the payment covers one invoice, allocate it there. If it covers several, allocate across them and the remaining balances update.

Do not create a Sale for a payment against an invoice. A Sale records a fresh cash sale and overstates your revenue, because the invoice already recorded it.

When a customer pays without saying which invoice: any opening balance or statement is settled first, then invoices in date order, oldest first.

Try it in the live demo: Record a receipt

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